Volunteering at Dr Jenner’s House
Volunteering at Dr Jenner's House is a really rewarding and enjoyable way to support our charitable work sharing the story of Edward Jenner's ongoing life and legacy. We have over thirty five volunteers working with us to care for The Chantry and welcome visitors and groups.
Current opportunities:
Garden Volunteer: Applying their green fingers to our historic garden, our Garden Volunteers care for a 200 year old grape vine, medicinal herbs, vegetables, flower borders and so much more! No experience is necessary as full training will be given. To join our friendly garden team please click ‘Apply now’ below.
Learning Volunteer: Our busy Education team work with schools and colleges creating tours and workshops. We would love to expand our team. If you have experience working with children and would like to help, please click ‘Apply now’ below.
Maintenance Volunteer: We are looking for volunteers to help us maintain the house and with some urgent repair work. We would love to hear from you if you have building maintenance experience in any area from painting to pointing! Please click ‘Apply now’ below.
Welcome Volunteer: Do you love presenting to people? Are you good at learning basic scripts and have a friendly, helpful and outgoing personality? We are looking for people that can engage and inform visitors about Dr Jenner’s home, work and interests at this beautiful and historic 18th Century museum and garden. To join our wonderful welcome team please click ‘Apply now’ below.
Shop Volunteer: Shop volunteers are one of the first points of contact with the public at Dr Jenner’s House. Our friendly and helpful team sell entry tickets and products from our lovely shop. We are looking for calm, careful volunteers who can conduct a methodical order of sale and are comfortable using, or willing to learn how to use, a basic till (full training will be given). Please click ‘Apply now’ below.
Get In Touch
To join our volunteering team, please click ‘apply now’ and fill in the form. We will be in touch within ten working days to discuss your application further. If you would like to apply in a different format (for example video), need any help completing this form, or if you have any questions about volunteering please email info@edwardjenner.co.uk or call 01453 810631.
